1. You may identify the stasis in the play but it isn’t necessarily at the beginning of the play. Where is it and who does it involve? NOTE: Do not assume that the stasis of the play is the same as the stasis of the video version that you are required to see. Only discuss the play in this and answers to the following questions.
The stasis of the play is in Brooklyn, New York in 1991 during the time that the black and Jewish community was very tense.
2. Ball points out that the intrusion sometimes occurs late in the dramatic action. What is the intrusion that breaks the stasis in Fires in the MIrror and how is it broken?
The stasis in the play is when the anonymous little girl is talking about how she loves being black and white is beautiful, too. It seems like this is where the fighting between the two communities stop for a second. A little girl is accepting both sides and it is the peace that the play needed.
3. Why do the events of the play take place at this particular time and place? In other words, what is the unique factor that is out of the ordinary that causes a turn of events to take place? Hint: the unique factor may have something to do with you? How does the title figure in your answer?
The unique factor is that this the when all the interviews are compacted together and ready for the world to hear all the sides to the story.
4. State the dramatic questions that must be answered by the end of the play? (Ordinarily, the dramatic question shares a close connection with the intrusion.)
Will the fighting between blacks and Jews stop?
5. Use the narrator of the work to answer the questions concerning character. Ball says, a character is revealed by what he/she does, ie. The dramatic actions that are taken. Examine what these particular characters wants. The wants of a character often encounter obstacles that get in the way of achieving those wants. Ball says there are 4 kinds of obstacles that frustrate the wants of a character. They are: a. Me against myself, b. Me against another individual, c. Me against society (that is law, social norms, etc.) and, d. Me against fate, the universe, natural forces, God or the gods. In answering these questions be sure to point to the particular obstacles that demonstrate these obstacles facing the narrator.
Anna vs. Anna: Anna wants to bring awareness to the violence of the 1991 riots and bring justice to them.
Anna vs. Another Individual: Someone who does not believe her play will do any good will not know the way of Anna's work. She will make the audience uncomfortable if she has to in order to prove her point.
Anna vs. Society: Society is torn into two sides. Anna is trying to piece it back together and have justice for both sides.
Anna vs. Fate: Fate will determine how the events play out. Her interviewees' ideas and opinions will change depending on how the events happened. No matter how much hatred and tension goes on in Brooklyn, her play may not bring the justice they deserve because of faith.
6. The most important information in most plays takes place during theatrical moments. Identify the most theatrical moments in Fires in the Mirror.
The most theatrical moment is when the brother of the victim began to make a speech. It was very loud and expressive. There is emotion that is exerted in that scene like anger and sadness.
The stasis of the play is in Brooklyn, New York in 1991 during the time that the black and Jewish community was very tense.
2. Ball points out that the intrusion sometimes occurs late in the dramatic action. What is the intrusion that breaks the stasis in Fires in the MIrror and how is it broken?
The stasis in the play is when the anonymous little girl is talking about how she loves being black and white is beautiful, too. It seems like this is where the fighting between the two communities stop for a second. A little girl is accepting both sides and it is the peace that the play needed.
3. Why do the events of the play take place at this particular time and place? In other words, what is the unique factor that is out of the ordinary that causes a turn of events to take place? Hint: the unique factor may have something to do with you? How does the title figure in your answer?
The unique factor is that this the when all the interviews are compacted together and ready for the world to hear all the sides to the story.
4. State the dramatic questions that must be answered by the end of the play? (Ordinarily, the dramatic question shares a close connection with the intrusion.)
Will the fighting between blacks and Jews stop?
5. Use the narrator of the work to answer the questions concerning character. Ball says, a character is revealed by what he/she does, ie. The dramatic actions that are taken. Examine what these particular characters wants. The wants of a character often encounter obstacles that get in the way of achieving those wants. Ball says there are 4 kinds of obstacles that frustrate the wants of a character. They are: a. Me against myself, b. Me against another individual, c. Me against society (that is law, social norms, etc.) and, d. Me against fate, the universe, natural forces, God or the gods. In answering these questions be sure to point to the particular obstacles that demonstrate these obstacles facing the narrator.
Anna vs. Anna: Anna wants to bring awareness to the violence of the 1991 riots and bring justice to them.
Anna vs. Another Individual: Someone who does not believe her play will do any good will not know the way of Anna's work. She will make the audience uncomfortable if she has to in order to prove her point.
Anna vs. Society: Society is torn into two sides. Anna is trying to piece it back together and have justice for both sides.
Anna vs. Fate: Fate will determine how the events play out. Her interviewees' ideas and opinions will change depending on how the events happened. No matter how much hatred and tension goes on in Brooklyn, her play may not bring the justice they deserve because of faith.
6. The most important information in most plays takes place during theatrical moments. Identify the most theatrical moments in Fires in the Mirror.
The most theatrical moment is when the brother of the victim began to make a speech. It was very loud and expressive. There is emotion that is exerted in that scene like anger and sadness.